| | The question we are tackling on this page: What is the absolute value of positive 953 or 953? 
 When you ask, "What is the absolute value of 953?" you are asking for the answer to the following problem:
 
 |953| = ?
 
 The absolute value of 953 is the distance between 953 and 0 on a number line. See illustration below where x is 953:
 
 
  
 Since the distance between 953 and 0 on a number line is 953, we get the answer as follows:
 
 |953| = 953
 
 
 Note that the absolute value of 953 can also be written as abs(953) which may be useful to know if you have a good calculator.
 
 Absolute Value of 954
 Use the knowledge you gained on this page to figure out the absolute value of the next number on our list.
 | 
 |